Betty Dale West Walker

Betty Dale West Walker, 90, died April 23 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Services will be held at the Crestview Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel, Saturday, April 26, at 12 p.m. with the Rev. John Payne from St. Stephen Episcopal Church officiating. Services are under the direction of Hampton Vaughan Funeral Home.

Betty was born August 23, 1917, in Memphis, Texas, to her parents, Samuel T. West and Mary Gillenwater West. She graduated from Memphis High School in 1933 and from Texas Tech University in 1938 where traveling the country, she was on the debate team. From 1943 to 1947 she served with the American Red Cross in a various station hospitals in the European theater both during World War II and during the early post-war period. She was a speech therapist for both the Burkburnett ISD and Wichita Falls ISD for over 20 years.

She was a member of Floral Heights Methodist Church, AARP, Texas Retired Teachers Association, the Wichita Falls Retired Teachers Association, and the Red River Council of the Blind.

She is survived by her son and wife, Brent and Vicki Walker of Wichita Falls, and her daughter, Joan Walker Propp and husband, Jake of Friendswood, Texas. She is also survived by granddaughters and great-granddaughters, Natalie Pawloski of Wichita Falls and her two children, Caitlin and Ana; Kristen Whitfield of Fort Worth and her daughter, Emma, and her grandson Luke Walker of Denton Texas. She is preceded in death by one daughter, Nancy Walker Patton, her brother, J.W. West, her parents, Samuel T. West and Mary Gillenwater West.

With the support of her many friends, including Thelma Mack, Ann Watson, Mary Lynn Barham, and Susan Reagan, her last years at Royal Estates were good ones. Special thanks go to the staff of Royal Estates and Care Partners and Hospice of Wichita Falls for the loving attendance and care they showed her.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or your favorite charity.